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Energy efficiency is a popular subject that’s often talked about by homeowners in Dundee and across Scotland. With rising energy costs and an renewed focus on reducing carbon emissions, energy efficient home improvements can help you save money on energy bills while also helping the environment.
Why Does Keeping Your Home Energy Efficient Matter?
Dundee has so much to offer. But it’s location and climate mean that heating costs can be high, especially when it starts to get cold outside. In homes with poor insulation, much of the heat generated by central heating escapes through windows, doors, and roofs, leading to inefficient energy use and rising bills.
Reducing energy consumption through home improvements isn’t just about saving money.
By making your home more energy-efficient, you’re not only aiming to reduce your energy consumption and improve your comfort but also reducing your carbon emissions and contributing to a more sustainable and greener future.
Home Energy Efficiency Improvements for Dundee Homes
Sometimes there are steps that can be taken to create a more sustainable home that can reduce your carbon footprint by consuming less energy leading to you receiving lower energy bills.
A few of these energy efficiency improvements that you can consider to make your home more energy efficient are:
Choose to Use More Energy Efficient Fixtures
A simple way to spend less money on your energy bills while also reducing energy usage is to review the lighting and plumbing fixtures currently in your home.
The light bulbs in light fixatures may be running up your costs. We don’t always realise it but often the little energy-saving upgrades can make all the difference.
By changing out traditional incandescent bulbs and opting for energy efficient LED light bulbs in the light fixtures around your home, you can lower your energy bills due to the use of less electricity.
Plumbing fixtures like showerheads can often be easily replaced with more efficient ones to reduce the amount of water wasted. It helps create a more sustainable environment as you are reducing the amount of water drawn while not compromising on comfort.
Smart thermostats are a popular home upgrade for a reason. These devices allow homeowners and tenants alike to monitor the heating and cooling systems in their homes and implement energy saving routines and practices that lower your energy bills in the short term and the long term.
Upgrade to More Energy Efficient Home Appliances
Knowing the best ways of keeping your home energy efficient and bringing down costs are sometimes difficult to understand. A good place to start is by evaluating all the appliances you have in your home.
Looking at the energy ratings of appliances before you purchase them or make an upgrade is a good way the save energy and money.
If an appliance doesn’t draw as much power, you’ll be reducing your carbon footprint and not spending as much on all yours bills.
Another thing to consider is when appliances are on standby mode. Did you know that certain appliances can “leak” power even when they’re not in use? We often don’t realise this until it’s too late. But it can be very useful to ensure you always entirely switch on an appliance or a device that you’re not using to prevent this from happening.
Energy Efficient Windows and Energy Efficient Doors
For homeowners looking to cut down on heating bills, reduce draughts, and make their home more comfortable indoor temperature year-round with proper insulation, improving windows, doors, and conservatories with double glazing is one of the most effective steps you can take.
Think about it, if every other aspect of your home has solid wall insulation your windows and your doors should also be helping prevent heat from escaping and to contribute to a more energy-efficient home.
Installing insulation is often overlooked. But if all parts of our home have are well insulated, we can stand to gain significant energy and cost savings.
Energy efficient windows and energy efficient doors help minimise heat transfer and proper insulation helps maintain a living environment with comfortable temperatures all year round.
Government Schemes and Grants for Energy Saving Home Improvements
The benefits to homeowners living in Dundee is that there are options to access initiatives that provide people financial assistance to make energy saving home improvements to help reduce your energy bills.
The LA Flex Fund and the ECO4 Scheme supported by the Dundee City Council, helps vulnerable people and people from low income households with home upgrades like improving insulation, proper draught-proofing and installing heating solutions that all contribute to reduce heat loss and these upgrades help boost the overall energy efficiency of your homes.
The LA Flex Fund is able to finance home improvements such as replacing boilers with more efficient models, insulating cavity walls and internal walls, installing solar panels and heat pumps, which are all improvements that are helpful energy savings measures that are helping to keep many warm.
Additional Energy Saving Home Improvements
More involved home renovations could include adding an energy efficient conservatory, installing solar panels and opting for more efficient boilers or heating systems like a dedicated heat pump.
The benefits of home improvements ideas like adding solar panels is beneficial as it’s a renewable energy source that helps convert sunlight to energy that can be used.
By generating one’s own electricity, with an eco friendly option, homeowners can reduce their reliance on the energy grid, leading to lower energy bills and long-term savings while also contributing to a greener planet.
If you’d like to make the doors and windows in your home more energy efficient, give us a call at 08000 502 502 to find out more from an energy-efficient window installation expert on our team. Or simply complete the enquiry form on this page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
